"But uncle didn't even call Dinah!" Dinah looked at Liu Mang with contempt, "He must have gone out with some woman again."

"Didn't uncle buy you a gift to make up for it?"

"snort!"

"..."

It’s true that the older you get, the more arrogant you become!

After agreeing to some unequal terms, Dinah happily went to the kitchen to wash her hands and then went to taste the dishes.

Alexia is here for lunch today, mainly because there are guests coming.

We had made an appointment a long time ago. After moving, Liu Mang also sent the new address to the other party.

This guest is the main inside substitute for the Los Angeles Lakers. Even in the more than 20 games when O'Neal did not play, the domestic center Wang Zhizhi played most of the time!

Sometimes making the right choice is more important than having strength.

When it comes to the Lakers, who are best at cultivating centers, Wang Zhizhi's shooting ability and low-post skills have been fully developed. He is... not really a star, but he has gradually become close to the strength of a weak NBA team.

And whether he was partnering with Kobe, who was best at passing the ball inside when O'Neal was away, or standing in the corner waiting for three-point opportunities when O'Neal was there, Wang Zhizhi did a good job with the Lakers.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Averaging 9 points, 5 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game, and a 36% three-point shooting percentage, Wang Zhizhi performed the best performance in his career so far, and of course he is comparable to Yao Ming.

, the gap between talent and strength is visible to the naked eye, but compared to the previous two years, Wang Zhizhi has played very well this year, and at least has a firm foothold in the Lakers.

He has a humble and funny character. Although O'Neal bluntly said that Wang Zhizhi was his favorite teammate, which made Kobe sarcastic to Wang Zhizhi, the good thing about the little blacksmith is that no matter how much he hates this guy, he will endure it if it can help him win.

Well, from this point of view, the future Triple Double King is indeed the one who most resembles the little blacksmith. One of the nicknames of the Triple Double King is very similar to the little blacksmith's character, very ninja.

At 11:30 noon, Wang Zhizhi took a taxi to the villa, and Liu Mang invited him to come to his house for lunch today.

"Generally, it's been a long time since we last saw each other. How are you doing recently?" Liu Mang came to the gate of the wall to pick up Wang Zhizhi.

"Haha, Ace, thanks to you, I'm having a good time recently." Wang Zhizhi smiled and came up to hug Liu Mang.

"Huh? Big-by, thanks to daddy? Is daddy so lucky?" A certain little loli appeared from behind Liu Mang and asked strangely.

Little Loli's Chinese pronunciation is more standard than Levia and Alexia. It is indeed easier for children to learn the language than for adults.

However, although Dinah knows a lot of Chinese, she always has trouble understanding when speaking to Chinese people.

As a Lakers player, Wang Zhizhi has been in the news a lot. As a basketball fan, Dinah naturally knows him and the nickname Liu Mang gave him.

"Is this your daughter, Ace? She's so beautiful." Wang Zhizhi complimented her first, and then said, "Of course your father is lucky, so he has such a beautiful daughter like you."

Hearing the compliment, the little Loli was overjoyed: "Uncle Big-by is so right!"

Seeing the little loli pretending to be cute when there are outsiders, Liu Mang feels so bad, and then the next scene should happen...

Sure enough, as Liu Mang expected, Dinah stretched out her hand: "Uncle big-by, congratulations on getting rich, and bring me the red envelope..."

Wang Zhizhi was stunned when he saw this scene. It was indeed still during the Spring Festival, but he had not prepared any red envelopes at all! Who knew that there would be children in the United States asking for red envelopes?

Wang Zhizhi took a bunch of prepared gifts from the rented car parked in the yard, but Dinah still stretched out her hand for a red envelope. When she saw Liu Mang and an empty red envelope from his pocket, Wang Zhizhi was also happy and took out a few

Put the beautiful green knife in and give it to the little loli with a satisfied look on her face...

It’s just a very simple lunch to reminisce about old times. In the NBA, there are too few Chinese people to hug together for warmth, but it’s great to have the opportunity to meet and have a meal. Wang Zhizhi even brought a lot of them to express his gratitude to Liu Mang.

Most of the gifts came for Dinah. He had already heard that Liu Mang had a "daughter".

After staying in the United States for so long, Wang Zhizhi thought that Liu Mang had been in the United States for many years. It is very common for Americans to have children in their teens. Seeing how well Liu Mang integrated into the NBA, he thought that Liu Mang had been in the United States for a long time.

, so I think there’s nothing wrong with it.

Wang Zhizhi was very rich, so it was not a big surprise that Liu Mang changed to a big villa. He was a rich man himself, and his wife was a real estate developer. He originally planned to buy a villa in Los Angeles. The housing prices in Los Angeles were much higher than those in Atlanta, but because

He's not a star, and it's hard to say where he will move to in the future, so he rented a villa with a monthly rent of more than 10,000. The house is more luxurious than Kobe's and O'Neal's, and it's bigger than the villa Liu Mang lives in now. Give it to Dinah

The gifts I bought don’t look cheap…

Wang Zhizhi felt that Liu Mang probably didn't care about gifts, so it would be better to give him a gift for his "daughter".

Liu Mang is so resentful. Who said I don’t want gifts?

…

…

February 11th is the last game day before the All-Star Weekend.

The half-season of many teams has ended, and some teams' All-Stars and players participating in the All-Star Weekend have already arrived in Atlanta.

Liu Mang learned that there are many superstars who have requested tickets for today's game between the Eagles and the Lakers.

Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, and Vince Carter all came to Atlanta this morning.

The Hawks faced the Los Angeles Lakers, the most popular team in the league, at home, which was regarded as the "warm-up performance" of the All-Star Weekend. Liu Mang and Kobe Bryant ranked among the top vote-getters for the Eastern and Western All-Stars, and Kobe was the total vote-winner for this year's All-Star.

This game is regarded as a warm-up game for the All-Star Weekend, and there is a reason why.

In addition to this, the league has other purposes, which is to warm up for China's All-Star Weekend live broadcast. The strongest players in China will compete with the strongest players in the United States. Although Liu Mang and O'Neal are not able to match up, Kobe Bryant

This year he is regarded as the number one defender at the position, which is pretty much the same.

In addition, there is the "Chinese Derby" between Liu Mang and Wang Zhizhi. Although Wang Zhizhi cannot keep up with Yao Ming's popularity, he was once banned in the country and was accused of "treason". However, everything depends on strength. Wang Zhizhi is in the Lakers

The team gained a firm foothold and played well. With such strength, the newly appointed director of the Blue Association, Wei Yuanli, canceled the ban on Wang Zhizhi and prepared to invite Wang Zhizhi to play in the Harbin Asian Championships in the summer.

Who would have trouble with political achievements? Wei Yuanli made it clear that as long as Wang Zhizhi is "patriotic", he can accept his return.

The new official's approach to taking office was completely different from that of his predecessor Cheng Lanxin.

Relatively speaking, Cheng Lanxin is more like a normal "league manager" who focuses on making money, while Wei Yuanli is more like a traditional domestic official who focuses on political achievements.

As soon as Wei Yuanli came to power, he announced the policy of placing the national team's performance first. The CBA was strangled as soon as it started to develop.

Although Cheng Lanxin is called a vampire, his approach seems to be more in line with the development of a normal league, which is to make money. Isn't it because the NBA has developed because the Magic Birds War has started to make money? If you can make money, you can have higher goals.

With a higher salary, more children are willing to make a living playing basketball, and more parents are willing to let their children play basketball.

Cheng Lanxin has almost paved the way for the development of CBA from semi-professional to professional. It is trying to cancel the promotion and relegation system, preserve the value of league teams, make more money, etc., and it has just begun.

From this aspect, Cheng Lanxin has done a good job.

Just like a certain magazine's evaluation of Cheng Lanxin in the future, he may not have outstanding abilities, but he has a good sense. Although he is too obsessed with generating income, at least he is not a bad person.

As soon as Wei Yuanli came, the CBA schedule was shortened and the national team training time became longer. All of a sudden, the road paved by Cheng Lanxin was cut off. We were back to the early 1990s, just short of returning to before liberation.

Both approaches have their own advantages. Wei Yuanli's words are relatively more friendly to Liu Mang, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and others. Wei Yuanli does not need money and has determined the Blue Association registration fee of 5% of the NBA salary.

, there were no other charges, and they also issued active invitations to Liu Mang and Wang Zhizhi.

When Liu Mang saw the domestic basketball news, he didn't know whether he was happy or unhappy. Anyway, domestic basketball is like that, a group of outsiders control the insiders.

But this is a good thing for the NBA. Wang Zhizhi was "unblocked" in China. Although it cannot play the role of Liu Mang and Yao Ming, it can still play a certain role. No, it can also be used in the game between the Eagles and the Lakers.

"Chinese Derby" promotes it in the country.

…

In the game between the Lakers and the Hawks, one team is regarded as the strongest in the Western Conference, and the other is regarded as one of the strongest in the Eastern Conference. Moreover, the two teams are very similar. Their records are not very good, and they are ready to go.

, the game between these two teams has attracted a lot of attention.

The press conference before the game attracted a large number of media reporters.

Liu Mang actively participated in the pre-game news interview this time.

The media was surprised, but very pleasantly surprised!

This second grader loves to cause trouble every time he participates in pre-game interviews!

When the little blacksmith who was being interviewed saw Liu Mang coming to the interview hall, his anus tightened immediately.

What is this kid going to do again!

It’s no wonder that the little blacksmith is so nervous. Every time Liu Mang participates in a pre-game interview, he will criticize his opponents and then explode. Although Kobe is not afraid of Liu Mang’s explosion, he is not afraid of the explosion in a game, even when Jordan is at his peak. The key is the Lakers.

The team's recent record has been very difficult, and he is about to be pushed to seventh place in the Western Conference by the Jazz. He still wants to stabilize the team's situation before the All-Star Weekend!

This year is really the first time that Kobe has resisted the Lakers and moved forward. O'Neal has been in and out of the regular season this year, and the Lakers' record is entirely supported by Kobe.

However, Liu Mang is not here to cause trouble in the game with the Lakers today. He has a major decision to announce!

In the eyes of all the reporters looking forward to what Liu Mang would say, and in the nervous and expectant eyes of Kobe, Liu Mang said: "In this year's All-Star Game, I am going to give up my All-Star position to

The best, the most insurmountable, the strongest, the most powerful in NBA history, some people always like to imitate but can never reach Michael Jordan!"

As soon as Liu Mang said this, the crowd fell silent. This... was unexpected! It wasn't hard to accept, but it was still very breaking news.

A reporter from Atlanta said weakly: "Ace, this afternoon, Vince Carter has announced that he will give up the All-Star to Jordan."

Another reporter from somewhere in Georgia said: "Just now Tracy McGrady also announced that he would give up his All-Star position to Jordan."

This time it was a reporter from Philadelphia: "Allen Iverson also announced that he would give up his All-Star position to Jordan..."

This time it was Liu Mang's turn, dumbfounded. What the hell? There were still people rushing to give it to him? According to legend, wasn't it two days before the All-Star Weekend that Carter was "forced" to give up due to media bombardment and fan dissatisfaction?

Different from the legend!

On the other side of the interview table, a certain little blacksmith had a gloomy look on his face. Liu Mang really wanted to choke Kobe after what he just said, and brag about Jordan in front of Kobe.
Chapter completed!